Posted by Jonathan on January 30, 2006, 11:43 am, in reply to "Re: Luke Cage movie"70.108.11.225

--Previous Message--: --Previous Message-- : I don't think Marvel MAXn so much as the 90s : series, tight t-shirt, leather jacket and : jeans. Make him as huge as he's supposed to : be 6'6" and as wide as 3 people, he'll : be unmistabable. : : As wide as three people? What three people : are we talking about here? : : I think the only person with the : "true" physique to play Luke Cage : is Carolina Panthers DE Julius Peppers, who : is 6'6", an All-Pro DE, and with enough : athleticism to start for UNC on the : basketball team. But a film is not just : about matching the looks -- there has to be : something there in the acting department, : too. Tyrese may not be Oscar-caliber, but : in the films I have seen him in, I think he : has the necessary chops to pull of Luke Cage : -- especially when you consider that the : Cage of this film will need to be at his : most mercantile and unapproachably hostile. : : I think part of Luke's charm is that he is : not as big as the Hulk. He's a big dude, : but he's in the class that if you saw him on : the street you'd say "That's one big : dude" and not "Holy crap, look at : that freak!" : : The exact look of a comic book costume has : yet to make it to the screen and work. : Chris Reeve was not so far from making the : costume look right, but from the neck down, : as far as I'm concerned, one had to suspend : disbelieve. : : I don't think you need a costume at all... : if you want to have him wear a yellow shirt : with his street clothes, that's fine. I : would say jeans/cargo pants, a yellow shirt : and some big black boots to complete the : ensemble. : : So get the right physical type for the : character and find a way around the costume : that doesn't betray the spirit. : : Tyrese is a pretty big guy; sometimes its : not feasible to find someone who is a : perfect physical specimin-match and still be : able to recite his lines with any sort of : competence. I for one would not mind that : casting. : : Luke stopped wearing the yellow shirt 16 : years ago. The first comic book cover of : the 90s series showed him ripping it to : pieces. : : Didn't his yellow shirt costume pop up again : in the "Marvel Knights" team book? : And he did "wear" it sorta on the : cover of "Heroes for Hire" #1, : even if inside he wore the white shirt. :